Well guys, my dad turned 60 last week! James, Porter, and I flew down to surprise him. We had it planned perfectly to arrive in LA around 1pm so we would have plenty of time to get to Bakersfield to decorate and be ready when my dad came home from work.
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| First plane ride! |
The weather in Salt Lake had a different plan. Right when we should have been boarding, the airport shut down complete because of lightning, and then before we knew it, there was buckets of snow falling. We ended up being delayed 2 hours. Luckily I caught my mom in time before she left Bakersfield to pick us up so she wasn't just sitting at the airport for hours and hours.
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| The weather when we left. |
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| The weather when we landed. I love CA! |
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| We sat on the tarmac for almost a half hour after we landed. Porter was so good thankfully! |
By the time we got off the plane and got our luggage, it was rush hour in LA which meant we sat in horrible traffic. Long story short, we got to Bakersfield an hour after my dad had gotten home from work. It really cracked us up because he didn't call my mom or anything asking where she was (on his birthday and she's no where to be found). He figured she had an RS meeting or something going on that he had just forgotten about. Haha! Hilarious! He was totally surprised to see us and we had the best weekend just hanging out and playing lots of cards.
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| Happy Birthday, Grandpa!! |
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| My dad chose Kento bowl for his birthday dinner! So delish! |
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| We met him for lunch at Sequoia Sandwiches on Friday. |
We hung up the decorations, opened presents, and had cake and ice cream on Friday night instead.
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| Kara arranged for all the grandkiddos to make this fun apron for him! |
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| Amy helped the kids decorate this banner! |
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| And we had to crack up at the placement of Jack's hand print. Leave it to us! |
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| I had friends and family members share stories or memories of my dad and I cut them up and put each one in a balloon for him to pop and read. It was really fun! |
The rest of the weekend was just spent relaxing, going on walks, playing cards, and eating good food.
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| All ready for a walk! |
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| Alma Dain, the legend! |
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| Porter sitting in the same high chair that Deeds did when he was a baby. |
On Monday, our flight wasn't until 5pm so we headed down to LA early and went to a yummy El Salvadoran place for lunch and then to the beach.
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| First time to the beach! |
Our flight home went much more smoothly. I do need to document that Porter blew out 3 times this day and peed out once. Good thing none of those happened on the flight! Could you imagine?! It was such a fun weekend to spend with my parents and celebrate my dad's birthday! Let's hope he is around for 60 more years!
